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2. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more new issue securities offerings includes at least one of an initial or follow-on securities offering in form of one or more of: collective investment securities, exchange traded funds, managed investment products, debt, taxable debt, tax-exempt debt, equity IPOs, follow-ons, and/or equity offerings.
6. The method of claim 2, wherein the allocation information generated on the per-order basis is generated based on one or more of: an order price, an order time, an order size, and/or a pro-rata basis.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein the existing order routing and/or management protocols include Financial Information eXchange protocols (FIX protocols).
12. The method of claim 2, wherein the allocation information is generated for a plurality of the accepted orders giving priority to the accepted orders having timestamps denoting earlier receipt, such that the accepted orders having earlier timestamps are eligible for allocation at a greater percentage (fill rate) or proportion (fill amount) of an order amount than the accepted orders having later timestamps.
13. The method of claim 2, wherein the computer platform terminates the marketing of the associated new issue securities offering, either automatically by the computer platform based on preselected criteria or as initiated by the at least one lead agent.
20. The method of claim 2, further comprising configuring the computer platform to allow at least one investor to submit offers comprised of all or part of the at least one investor's investment holdings in secondary securities related to the one or more new issue securities offerings, wherein the offers are routed via the plurality of portals to the computer platform for further processing along with the one or more new issue securities offerings, such that the one or more new issue securities offerings being offered to the one or more investors include the investment holdings.
21. The method of claim 2, wherein the current indicative pricing is established as an indicative clearing price, wherein the indicative clearing price is one price level, of the specific price levels, at which at least a minimum threshold of offered shares or bonds or units of the associated new issue securities offering can be sold at time of the current indicative pricing.
22. The method of claim 2, wherein the clearing price is a market demand and market-derived price, at which at least a minimum threshold of offered shares or bonds or units of the associated new issue securities offering can be sold.
23. The method of claim 2, wherein at least one of the accepted orders is a good-until-canceled order eligible for further processing by the computer platform unless the computer platform receives and accepts a cancellation order associated with the good-until-canceled order, wherein the cancellation order is rejected as not acceptable, by the computer platform, if the cancellation order is not received prior to a deadline for submitting the cancellation order.
27. The method of claim 24, wherein the allocation information generated on the per-order basis is generated based on one or more of: an order price, an order time, an order size, and/or a pro-rata basis.
32. The method of claim 31, wherein the existing order routing and/or management protocols include Financial Information eXchange protocols (FIX protocols).
33. The method of claim 24, wherein the allocation information is generated for a plurality of the accepted orders giving priority to the accepted orders having timestamps denoting earlier receipt, such that the accepted orders having earlier timestamps are eligible for allocation at a greater percentage (fill rate) or proportion (fill amount) of an order amount than the accepted orders having later timestamps.
34. The method of claim 24, wherein the computer platform terminates the marketing of the associated new issue securities offering, either automatically by the computer platform based on preselected criteria or as initiated by the at least one lead agent.
41. The method of claim 24, further comprising configuring the computer platform to allow at least one investor to submit offers comprised of all or part of the at least one investor's investment holdings in secondary securities related to the one or more new issue securities offerings, wherein the offers are routed via the plurality of portals to the computer platform for further processing along with the one or more new issue securities offerings, such that the one or more new issue securities offerings being offered to the one or more investors include the investment holdings.
42. The method of claim 24, wherein the current indicative pricing is established as an indicative clearing price, wherein the indicative clearing price is one price level, of the specific price levels, at which at least a minimum threshold of offered shares or bonds or units of the associated new issue securities offering can be sold at time of the current indicative pricing.
43. The method of claim 24, wherein the clearing price is a market demand and market-derived price, at which at least a minimum threshold of offered shares or bonds or units of the associated new issue securities offering can be sold.
44. The method of claim 24, wherein at least one of the accepted orders is a good-until-canceled order eligible for further processing by the computer platform unless the computer platform receives and accepts a cancellation order associated with the good-until-canceled order, wherein the cancellation order is rejected as not acceptable, by the computer platform, if the cancellation order is not received prior to a deadline for submitting the cancellation order.
47. The method of claim 45, wherein the allocation information generated on the per-order basis is generated based on one or more of: an order price, an order time, an order size, and/or a pro-rata basis.
52. The method of claim 51, wherein the existing order routing and/or management protocols include Financial Information eXchange protocols (FIX protocols).
53. The method of claim 45, wherein the allocation information is generated for a plurality of the accepted orders giving priority to the accepted orders having timestamps denoting earlier receipt, such that the accepted orders having earlier timestamps are eligible for allocation at a greater percentage (fill rate) or proportion (fill amount) of an order amount than the accepted orders having later timestamps.
54. The method of claim 45, wherein the computer platform terminates the marketing of the associated new issue securities offering, either automatically by the computer platform based on preselected criteria or as initiated by the at least one lead agent.
61. The method of claim 45, further comprising configuring the computer platform to allow at least one investor to submit offers comprised of all or part of the at least one investor's investment holdings in secondary securities related to the one or more new issue securities offerings, wherein the offers are routed via the plurality of portals to the computer platform for further processing along with the one or more new issue securities offerings, such that the one or more new issue securities offerings being offered to the one or more investors include the investment holdings.
62. The method of claim 45, wherein the current indicative pricing is established as an indicative clearing price, wherein the indicative clearing price is one price level, of the specific price levels, at which at least a minimum threshold of offered shares or bonds or units of the associated new issue securities offering can be sold at time of the current indicative pricing.
63. The method of claim 45, wherein the clearing price is a market demand and market-derived price, at which at least a minimum threshold of offered shares or bonds or units of the associated new issue securities offering can be sold.
64. The method of claim 45, wherein at least one of the accepted orders is a good-until-canceled order eligible for further processing by the computer platform unless the computer platform receives and accepts a cancellation order associated with the good-until-canceled order, wherein the cancellation order is rejected as not acceptable, by the computer platform, if the cancellation order is not received prior to a deadline for submitting the cancellation order.
66. The method of claim 65, wherein the allocation information generated on the per-order basis is generated based on one or more of: an order price, an order time, an order size, and/or a pro-rata basis.
71. The method of claim 70, wherein the existing order routing and/or management protocols include Financial Information eXchange protocols (FIX protocols).
72. The method of claim 65, wherein the allocation information is generated for a plurality of the accepted orders giving priority to the accepted orders having timestamps denoting earlier receipt, such that the accepted orders having earlier timestamps are eligible for allocation at a greater percentage (fill rate) or proportion (fill amount) of an order amount than the accepted orders having later timestamps.
73. The method of claim 65, wherein the computer platform terminates the marketing of the associated new issue securities offering, either automatically by the computer platform based on preselected criteria or as initiated by the at least one lead agent.
80. The method of claim 65, further comprising configuring the computer platform to allow at least one investor to submit offers comprised of all or part of the at least one investor's investment holdings in secondary securities related to the one or more new issue securities offerings, wherein the offers are routed via the plurality of portals to the computer platform for further processing along with the one or more new issue securities offerings, such that the one or more new issue securities offerings being offered to the one or more investors include the investment holdings.
81. The method of claim 65, wherein the current indicative pricing is established as an indicative clearing price, wherein the indicative clearing price is one price level, of the specific price levels, at which at least a minimum threshold of offered shares or bonds or units of the associated new issue securities offering can be sold at time of the current indicative pricing.
82. The method of claim 65, wherein the clearing price is a market demand and market-derived price, at which at least a minimum threshold of offered shares or bonds or units of the associated new issue securities offering can be sold.
83. The method of claim 65, wherein at least one of the accepted orders is a good-until-canceled order eligible for further processing by the computer platform unless the computer platform receives and accepts a cancellation order associated with the good-until-canceled order, wherein the cancellation order is rejected as not acceptable, by the computer platform, if the cancellation order is not received prior to a deadline for submitting the cancellation order.
84. The method of claim 1, wherein the allocation information generated on the per-order basis is generated based on one or more of: an order price, an order time, an order size, and/or a pro-rata basis.
89. The method of claim 88, wherein the existing order routing and/or management protocols include Financial Information eXchange protocols (FIX protocols).
90. The method of claim 84, wherein the allocation information is generated for a plurality of the accepted orders giving priority to the accepted orders having timestamps denoting earlier receipt, such that the accepted orders having earlier timestamps are eligible for allocation at a greater percentage (fill rate) or proportion (fill amount) of an order amount than the accepted orders having later timestamps.
91. The method of claim 84, wherein the computer platform terminates the marketing of the associated new issue securities offering, either automatically by the computer platform based on preselected criteria or as initiated by the at least one lead agent.
98. The method of claim 84, further comprising configuring the computer platform to allow at least one investor to submit offers comprised of all or part of the at least one investor's investment holdings in secondary securities related to the one or more new issue securities offerings, wherein the offers are routed via the plurality of portals to the computer platform for further processing along with the one or more new issue securities offerings, such that the one or more new issue securities offerings being offered to the one or more investors include the investment holdings.
99. The method of claim 84, wherein the current indicative pricing is established as an indicative clearing price, wherein the indicative clearing price is one price level, of the specific price levels, at which at least a minimum threshold of offered shares or bonds or units of the associated new issue securities offering can be sold at time of the current indicative pricing.
100. The method of claim 84, wherein the clearing price is a market demand and market-derived price, at which at least a minimum threshold of offered shares or bonds or units of the associated new issue securities offering can be sold.
101. The method of claim 84, wherein at least one of the accepted orders is a good-until-canceled order eligible for further processing by the computer platform unless the computer platform receives and accepts a cancellation order associated with the good-until-canceled order, wherein the cancellation order is rejected as not acceptable, by the computer platform, if the cancellation order is not received prior to a deadline for submitting the cancellation order.
106. The method of claim 105, wherein the existing order routing and/or management protocols include Financial Information eXchange protocols (FIX protocols).
107. The method of claim 102, wherein the allocation information is generated for a plurality of the accepted orders giving priority to the accepted orders having timestamps denoting earlier receipt, such that the accepted orders having earlier timestamps are eligible for allocation at a greater percentage (fill rate) or proportion (fill amount) of an order amount than the accepted orders having later timestamps.
108. The method of claim 102, wherein the computer platform terminates the marketing of the associated new issue securities offering, either automatically by the computer platform based on preselected criteria or as initiated by the at least one lead agent.
115. The method of claim 102, further comprising configuring the computer platform to allow at least one investor to submit offers comprised of all or part of the at least one investor's investment holdings in secondary securities related to the one or more new issue securities offerings, wherein the offers are routed via the plurality of portals to the computer platform for further processing along with the one or more new issue securities offerings, such that the one or more new issue securities offerings being offered to the one or more investors include the investment holdings.
116. The method of claim 102, wherein the current indicative pricing is established as an indicative clearing price, wherein the indicative clearing price is one price level, of the specific price levels, at which at least a minimum threshold of offered shares or bonds or units of the associated new issue securities offering can be sold at time of the current indicative pricing.
117. The method of claim 102, wherein the clearing price is a market demand and market-derived price, at which at least a minimum threshold of offered shares or bonds or units of the associated new issue securities offering can be sold.
118. The method of claim 102, wherein at least one of the accepted orders is a good-until-canceled order eligible for further processing by the computer platform unless the computer platform receives and accepts a cancellation order associated with the good-until-canceled order, wherein the cancellation order is rejected as not acceptable, by the computer platform, if the cancellation order is not received prior to a deadline for submitting the cancellation order.
122. The method of claim 121, wherein the existing order routing and/or management protocols include Financial Information eXchange protocols (FIX protocols).
123. The method of claim 119, wherein the allocation information is generated for a plurality of the accepted orders giving priority to the accepted orders having timestamps denoting earlier receipt, such that the accepted orders having earlier timestamps are eligible for allocation at a greater percentage (fill rate) or proportion (fill amount) of an order amount than the accepted orders having later timestamps.
124. The method of claim 119, wherein the computer platform terminates the marketing of the associated new issue securities offering, either automatically by the computer platform based on preselected criteria or as initiated by the at least one lead agent.
131. The method of claim 119, further comprising configuring the computer platform to allow at least one investor to submit offers comprised of all or part of the at least one investor's investment holdings in secondary securities related to the one or more new issue securities offerings, wherein the offers are routed via the plurality of portals to the computer platform for further processing along with the one or more new issue securities offerings, such that the one or more new issue securities offerings being offered to the one or more investors include the investment holdings.
132. The method of claim 119, wherein the current indicative pricing is established as an indicative clearing price, wherein the indicative clearing price is one price level, of the specific price levels, at which at least a minimum threshold of offered shares or bonds or units of the associated new issue securities offering can be sold at time of the current indicative pricing.
133. The method of claim 119, wherein the clearing price is a market demand and market-derived price, at which at least a minimum threshold of offered shares or bonds or units of the associated new issue securities offering can be sold.
134. The method of claim 119, wherein at least one of the accepted orders is a good-until-canceled order eligible for further processing by the computer platform unless the computer platform receives and accepts a cancellation order associated with the good-until-canceled order, wherein the cancellation order is rejected as not acceptable, by the computer platform, if the cancellation order is not received prior to a deadline for submitting the cancellation order.
137. The method of claim 136, wherein the existing order routing and/or management protocols include Financial Information eXchange protocols (FIX protocols).
138. The method of claim 135, wherein the allocation information is generated for a plurality of the accepted orders giving priority to the accepted orders having timestamps denoting earlier receipt, such that the accepted orders having earlier timestamps are eligible for allocation at a greater percentage (fill rate) or proportion (fill amount) of an order amount than the accepted orders having later timestamps.
139. The method of claim 135, wherein the computer platform terminates the marketing of the associated new issue securities offering, either automatically by the computer platform based on preselected criteria or as initiated by the at least one lead agent.
146. The method of claim 135, further comprising configuring the computer platform to allow at least one investor to submit offers comprised of all or part of the at least one investor's investment holdings in secondary securities related to the one or more new issue securities offerings, wherein the offers are routed via the plurality of portals to the computer platform for further processing along with the one or more new issue securities offerings, such that the one or more new issue securities offerings being offered to the one or more investors include the investment holdings.
147. The method of claim 135, wherein the current indicative pricing is established as an indicative clearing price, wherein the indicative clearing price is one price level, of the specific price levels, at which at least a minimum threshold of offered shares or bonds or units of the associated new issue securities offering can be sold at time of the current indicative pricing.
148. The method of claim 135, wherein the clearing price is a market demand and market-derived price, at which at least a minimum threshold of offered shares or bonds or units of the associated new issue securities offering can be sold.
149. The method of claim 135, wherein at least one of the accepted orders is a good-until-canceled order eligible for further processing by the computer platform unless the computer platform receives and accepts a cancellation order associated with the good-until-canceled order, wherein the cancellation order is rejected as not acceptable, by the computer platform, if the cancellation order is not received prior to a deadline for submitting the cancellation order.
151. The method of claim 150, wherein the allocation information is generated for a plurality of the accepted orders giving priority to the accepted orders having timestamps denoting earlier receipt, such that the accepted orders having earlier timestamps are eligible for allocation at a greater percentage (fill rate) or proportion (fill amount) of an order amount than the accepted orders having later timestamps.
152. The method of claim 150, wherein the computer platform terminates the marketing of the associated new issue securities offering, either automatically by the computer platform based on preselected criteria or as initiated by the at least one lead agent.
159. The method of claim 150, further comprising configuring the computer platform to allow at least one investor to submit offers comprised of all or part of the at least one investor's investment holdings in secondary securities related to the one or more new issue securities offerings, wherein the offers are routed via the plurality of portals to the computer platform for further processing along with the one or more new issue securities offerings, such that the one or more new issue securities offerings being offered to the one or more investors include the investment holdings.
160. The method of claim 150, wherein the current indicative pricing is established as an indicative clearing price, wherein the indicative clearing price is one price level, of the specific price levels, at which at least a minimum threshold of offered shares or bonds or units of the associated new issue securities offering can be sold at time of the current indicative pricing.
161. The method of claim 150, wherein the clearing price is a market demand and market-derived price, at which at least a minimum threshold of offered shares or bonds or units of the associated new issue securities offering can be sold.
162. The method of claim 150, wherein at least one of the accepted orders is a good-until-canceled order eligible for further processing by the computer platform unless the computer platform receives and accepts a cancellation order associated with the good-until-canceled order, wherein the cancellation order is rejected as not acceptable, by the computer platform, if the cancellation order is not received prior to a deadline for submitting the cancellation order.
163. The method of claim 150, wherein the existing order routing and/or management protocols include Financial Information eXchange protocols (FIX protocols).
164. The method of claim 163, wherein the allocation information is generated for a plurality of the accepted orders giving priority to the accepted orders having timestamps denoting earlier receipt, such that the accepted orders having earlier timestamps are eligible for allocation at a greater percentage (fill rate) or proportion (fill amount) of an order amount than the accepted orders having later timestamps.
165. The method of claim 163, wherein the computer platform terminates the marketing of the associated new issue securities offering, either automatically by the computer platform based on preselected criteria or as initiated by the at least one lead agent.
172. The method of claim 163, further comprising configuring the computer platform to allow at least one investor to submit offers comprised of all or part of the at least one investor's investment holdings in secondary securities related to the one or more new issue securities offerings, wherein the offers are routed via the plurality of portals to the computer platform for further processing along with the one or more new issue securities offerings, such that the one or more new issue securities offerings being offered to the one or more investors include the investment holdings.
173. The method of claim 163, wherein the current indicative pricing is established as an indicative clearing price, wherein the indicative clearing price is one price level, of the specific price levels, at which at least a minimum threshold of offered shares or bonds or units of the associated new issue securities offering can be sold at time of the current indicative pricing.
174. The method of claim 163, wherein the clearing price is a market demand and market-derived price, at which at least a minimum threshold of offered shares or bonds or units of the associated new issue securities offering can be sold.
175. The method of claim 163, wherein at least one of the accepted orders is a good-until-canceled order eligible for further processing by the computer platform unless the computer platform receives and accepts a cancellation order associated with the good-until-canceled order, wherein the cancellation order is rejected as not acceptable, by the computer platform, if the cancellation order is not received prior to a deadline for submitting the cancellation order.
176. The method of claim 1, wherein the allocation information is generated for a plurality of the accepted orders giving priority to the accepted orders having timestamps denoting earlier receipt, such that the accepted orders having earlier timestamps are eligible for allocation at a greater percentage (fill rate) or proportion (fill amount) of an order amount than the accepted orders having later timestamps.
177. The method of claim 176, wherein amending an order updates the timestamp information.
178. The method of claim 176, wherein the computer platform terminates the marketing of the associated new issue securities offering, either automatically by the computer platform based on preselected criteria or as initiated by the at least one lead agent.
185. The method of claim 176, further comprising configuring the computer platform to allow at least one investor to submit offers comprised of all or part of the at least one investor's investment holdings in secondary securities related to the one or more new issue securities offerings, wherein the offers are routed via the plurality of portals to the computer platform for further processing along with the one or more new issue securities offerings, such that the one or more new issue securities offerings being offered to the one or more investors include the investment holdings.
186. The method of claim 176, wherein the current indicative pricing is established as an indicative clearing price, wherein the indicative clearing price is one price level, of the specific price levels, at which at least a minimum threshold of offered shares or bonds or units of the associated new issue securities offering can be sold at time of the current indicative pricing.
187. The method of claim 176, wherein the clearing price is a market demand and market-derived price, at which at least a minimum threshold of offered shares or bonds or units of the associated new issue securities offering can be sold.
188. The method of claim 176, wherein at least one of the accepted orders is a good-until-canceled order eligible for further processing by the computer platform unless the computer platform receives and accepts a cancellation order associated with the good-until-canceled order, wherein the cancellation order is rejected as not acceptable, by the computer platform, if the cancellation order is not received prior to a deadline for submitting the cancellation order.
189. The method of claim 1, wherein the computer platform terminates the marketing of the associated new issue securities offering, either automatically by the computer platform based on preselected criteria or as initiated by the at least one lead agent.
196. The method of claim 189, further comprising configuring the computer platform to allow at least one investor to submit offers comprised of all or part of the at least one investor's investment holdings in secondary securities related to the one or more new issue securities offerings, wherein the offers are routed via the plurality of portals to the computer platform for further processing along with the one or more new issue securities offerings, such that the one or more new issue securities offerings being offered to the one or more investors include the investment holdings.
197. The method of claim 189, wherein the current indicative pricing is established as an indicative clearing price, wherein the indicative clearing price is one price level, of the specific price levels, at which at least a minimum threshold of offered shares or bonds or units of the associated new issue securities offering can be sold at time of the current indicative pricing.
198. The method of claim 189, wherein the clearing price is a market demand and market-derived price, at which at least a minimum threshold of offered shares or bonds or units of the associated new issue securities offering can be sold.
199. The method of claim 189, wherein at least one of the accepted orders is a good-until-canceled order eligible for further processing by the computer platform unless the computer platform receives and accepts a cancellation order associated with the good-until-canceled order, wherein the cancellation order is rejected as not acceptable, by the computer platform, if the cancellation order is not received prior to a deadline for submitting the cancellation order.
206. The method of claim 200, further comprising configuring the computer platform to allow at least one investor to submit offers comprised of all or part of the at least one investor's investment holdings in secondary securities related to the one or more new issue securities offerings, wherein the offers are routed via the plurality of portals to the computer platform for further processing along with the one or more new issue securities offerings, such that the one or more new issue securities offerings being offered to the one or more investors include the investment holdings.
207. The method of claim 200, wherein the current indicative pricing is established as an indicative clearing price, wherein the indicative clearing price is one price level, of the specific price levels, at which at least a minimum threshold of offered shares or bonds or units of the associated new issue securities offering can be sold at time of the current indicative pricing.
208. The method of claim 200, wherein the clearing price is a market demand and market-derived price, at which at least a minimum threshold of offered shares or bonds or units of the associated new issue securities offering can be sold.
209. The method of claim 200, wherein at least one of the accepted orders is a good-until-canceled order eligible for further processing by the computer platform unless the computer platform receives and accepts a cancellation order associated with the good-until-canceled order, wherein the cancellation order is rejected as not acceptable, by the computer platform, if the cancellation order is not received prior to a deadline for submitting the cancellation order.
211. The method of claim 210, wherein the outputs further includes an indication of an amount of cash proceeds obligated to be delivered to an issuer of the at least one new issue securities offering after settlement.
216. The method of claim 210, further comprising configuring the computer platform to allow at least one investor to submit offers comprised of all or part of the at least one investor's investment holdings in secondary securities related to the one or more new issue securities offerings, wherein the offers are routed via the plurality of portals to the computer platform for further processing along with the one or more new issue securities offerings, such that the one or more new issue securities offerings being offered to the one or more investors include the investment holdings.
217. The method of claim 210, wherein the current indicative pricing is established as an indicative clearing price, wherein the indicative clearing price is one price level, of the specific price levels, at which at least a minimum threshold of offered shares or bonds or units of the associated new issue securities offering can be sold at time of the current indicative pricing.
218. The method of claim 210, wherein the clearing price is a market demand and market-derived price, at which at least a minimum threshold of offered shares or bonds or units of the associated new issue securities offering can be sold.
219. The method of claim 210, wherein at least one of the accepted orders is a good-until-canceled order eligible for further processing by the computer platform unless the computer platform receives and accepts a cancellation order associated with the good-until-canceled order, wherein the cancellation order is rejected as not acceptable, by the computer platform, if the cancellation order is not received prior to a deadline for submitting the cancellation order.
221. The method of claim 220, wherein the allocation information that is firm-specific further comprising investor order information, based upon a final list of orders submitted by each of the respective ones, indicating to which investor, associated with the respective ones, each allocation of the allocation information is to be distributed.
225. The method of claim 220, further comprising configuring the computer platform to allow at least one investor to submit offers comprised of all or part of the at least one investor's investment holdings in secondary securities related to the one or more new issue securities offerings, wherein the offers are routed via the plurality of portals to the computer platform for further processing along with the one or more new issue securities offerings, such that the one or more new issue securities offerings being offered to the one or more investors include the investment holdings.
226. The method of claim 220, wherein the current indicative pricing is established as an indicative clearing price, wherein the indicative clearing price is one price level, of the specific price levels, at which at least a minimum threshold of offered shares or bonds or units of the associated new issue securities offering can be sold at time of the current indicative pricing.
227. The method of claim 220, wherein the clearing price is a market demand and market-derived price, at which at least a minimum threshold of offered shares or bonds or units of the associated new issue securities offering can be sold.
228. The method of claim 220, wherein at least one of the accepted orders is a good-until-canceled order eligible for further processing by the computer platform unless the computer platform receives and accepts a cancellation order associated with the good-until-canceled order, wherein the cancellation order is rejected as not acceptable, by the computer platform, if the cancellation order is not received prior to a deadline for submitting the cancellation order.
232. The method of claim 229, further comprising configuring the computer platform to allow at least one investor to submit offers comprised of all or part of the at least one investor's investment holdings in secondary securities related to the one or more new issue securities offerings, wherein the offers are routed via the plurality of portals to the computer platform for further processing along with the one or more new issue securities offerings, such that the one or more new issue securities offerings being offered to the one or more investors include the investment holdings.
233. The method of claim 229, wherein the current indicative pricing is established as an indicative clearing price, wherein the indicative clearing price is one price level, of the specific price levels, at which at least a minimum threshold of offered shares or bonds or units of the associated new issue securities offering can be sold at time of the current indicative pricing.
234. The method of claim 229, wherein the clearing price is a market demand and market-derived price, at which at least a minimum threshold of offered shares or bonds or units of the associated new issue securities offering can be sold.
235. The method of claim 229, wherein at least one of the accepted orders is a good-until-canceled order eligible for further processing by the computer platform unless the computer platform receives and accepts a cancellation order associated with the good-until-canceled order, wherein the cancellation order is rejected as not acceptable, by the computer platform, if the cancellation order is not received prior to a deadline for submitting the cancellation order.
238. The method of claim 236, further comprising configuring the computer platform to allow at least one investor to submit offers comprised of all or part of the at least one investor's investment holdings in secondary securities related to the one or more new issue securities offerings, wherein the offers are routed via the plurality of portals to the computer platform for further processing along with the one or more new issue securities offerings, such that the one or more new issue securities offerings being offered to the one or more investors include the investment holdings.
239. The method of claim 236, wherein the current indicative pricing is established as an indicative clearing price, wherein the indicative clearing price is one price level, of the specific price levels, at which at least a minimum threshold of offered shares or bonds or units of the associated new issue securities offering can be sold at time of the current indicative pricing.
240. The method of claim 236, wherein the clearing price is a market demand and market-derived price, at which at least a minimum threshold of offered shares or bonds or units of the associated new issue securities offering can be sold.
241. The method of claim 236, wherein at least one of the accepted orders is a good-until-canceled order eligible for further processing by the computer platform unless the computer platform receives and accepts a cancellation order associated with the good-until-canceled order, wherein the cancellation order is rejected as not acceptable, by the computer platform, if the cancellation order is not received prior to a deadline for submitting the cancellation order.
243. The method of claim 242, further comprising configuring the computer platform to allow at least one investor to submit offers comprised of all or part of the at least one investor's investment holdings in secondary securities related to the one or more new issue securities offerings, wherein the offers are routed via the plurality of portals to the computer platform for further processing along with the one or more new issue securities offerings, such that the one or more new issue securities offerings being offered to the one or more investors include the investment holdings.
244. The method of claim 242, wherein the current indicative pricing is established as an indicative clearing price, wherein the indicative clearing price is one price level, of the specific price levels, at which at least a minimum threshold of offered shares or bonds or units of the associated new issue securities offering can be sold at time of the current indicative pricing.
245. The method of claim 242, wherein the clearing price is a market demand and market-derived price, at which at least a minimum threshold of offered shares or bonds or units of the associated new issue securities offering can be sold.
246. The method of claim 242, wherein at least one of the accepted orders is a good-until-canceled order eligible for further processing by the computer platform unless the computer platform receives and accepts a cancellation order associated with the good-until-canceled order, wherein the cancellation order is rejected as not acceptable, by the computer platform, if the cancellation order is not received prior to a deadline for submitting the cancellation order.
247. The method of claim 1, further comprising configuring the computer platform to allow at least one investor to submit offers comprised of all or part of the at least one investor's investment holdings in secondary securities related to the one or more new issue securities offerings, wherein the offers are routed via the plurality of portals to the computer platform for further processing along with the one or more new issue securities offerings, such that the one or more new issue securities offerings being offered to the one or more investors include the investment holdings.
248. The method of claim 247, wherein the current indicative pricing is established as an indicative clearing price, wherein the indicative clearing price is one price level, of the specific price levels, at which at least a minimum threshold of offered shares or bonds or units of the associated new issue securities offering can be sold at time of the current indicative pricing.
249. The method of claim 247, wherein the clearing price is a market demand and market-derived price, at which at least a minimum threshold of offered shares or bonds or units of the associated new issue securities offering can be sold.
250. The method of claim 247, wherein at least one of the accepted orders is a good-until-canceled order eligible for further processing by the computer platform unless the computer platform receives and accepts a cancellation order associated with the good-until-canceled order, wherein the cancellation order is rejected as not acceptable, by the computer platform, if the cancellation order is not received prior to a deadline for submitting the cancellation order.
251. The method of claim 1, wherein the current indicative pricing is established as an indicative clearing price, wherein the indicative clearing price is one price level, of the specific price levels, at which at least a minimum threshold of offered shares or bonds or units of the associated new issue securities offering can be sold at time of the current indicative pricing.
252. The method of claim 251, wherein the clearing price is a market demand and market-derived price, at which at least a minimum threshold of offered shares or bonds or units of the associated new issue securities offering can be sold.
253. The method of claim 251, wherein at least one of the accepted orders is a good-until-canceled order eligible for further processing by the computer platform unless the computer platform receives and accepts a cancellation order associated with the good-until-canceled order, wherein the cancellation order is rejected as not acceptable, by the computer platform, if the cancellation order is not received prior to a deadline for submitting the cancellation order.
254. The method of claim 1, wherein the clearing price is a market demand and market-derived price, at which at least a minimum threshold of offered shares or bonds or units of the associated new issue securities offering can be sold.
255. The method of claim 254, wherein at least one of the accepted orders is a good-until-canceled order eligible for further processing by the computer platform unless the computer platform receives and accepts a cancellation order associated with the good-until-canceled order, wherein the cancellation order is rejected as not acceptable, by the computer platform, if the cancellation order is not received prior to a deadline for submitting the cancellation order.
256. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the accepted orders is a good-until-canceled order eligible for further processing by the computer platform unless the computer platform receives and accepts a cancellation order associated with the good-until-canceled order, wherein the cancellation order is rejected as not acceptable, by the computer platform, if the cancellation order is not received prior to a deadline for submitting the cancellation order.
262. The method of claim 261, wherein the at least one of the minimum offering metrics and/or the maximum offering metrics are disseminated based on at least one of: a number of holders, an offering price, an amount of securities to be issued, an amount of assets collected, and/or an amount of cash proceeds realized by an issuing entity.
264. The method of claim 263, wherein the threshold comprises a maximum amount of the one or more orders' size.
265. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one order received at the computer platform from the at least one electronic order routing and management system includes one or more identifiers containing origination data.
266. The method of claim 1, wherein the first GUI further includes an order depth graph.
267. The method of claim 1, wherein a second graphical user interface (second GUI) is provided to at least one computer associated with the one or more broker-dealers.
268. The method of claim 267, wherein the second GUI further comprises a graphical user interface button, selection of which suspends one or more orders associated with a broker-dealer, suspends one or more orders associated with a particular offering, or suspends all orders associated with a particular offering.
270. The method of claim 269 wherein, in connection with providing information to the general public via one or more media outlets and/or financial websites, the computer platform disseminates additional information at a same time including one or more of: (a) a total number of bids and amount of securities that were bid for at each price level, (b) a total number of bids and amount of securities bid for at or above the final offering price, and/or (c) a number of originating broker-dealers.
272. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more orders are comprised of two or more of: at least one new order, at least one order amendment, and/or at least one order cancellation.
273. The method of claim 1, wherein the first portal is a secure electronic portal that allows the one or more broker-dealers to access its respective data and information securely.
274. The method of claim 1, wherein the second portal is a secure electronic portal that allows the at least one lead agent to access its respective data and information securely.
275. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more new issue securities offerings comprise new issue securities fund offerings, including exchange traded funds (ETFs), with at least one of the new issue securities fund offerings having a market value that is based upon securities that underlie said at least one new issue securities fund offerings, wherein the indicative pricing is an estimate of an interim net asset value of the securities that underlie said at least one new issue securities fund offerings, and wherein the clearing price is based on a value of the securities that underlie said at least one new issue securities fund offerings.
276. The method of claim 275, wherein the estimate of the interim net asset value is calculated on a periodic basis and provided by a market data provider.
287. The method of claim 286, further comprising generating the allocation information on a non-partisan (equal) basis based on one or more of order price, order time, order size, and/or pro-rata.
288. The method of claim 285, further comprising generating the allocation information on a non-partisan (equal) basis based on one or more of order price, order time, order size, and/or pro-rata.
289. The method of claim 284, further comprising generating the allocation information on a non-partisan (equal) basis based on one or more of order price, order time, order size, and/or pro-rata.
291. The method of claim 290, further comprising generating the allocation information on a non-partisan (equal) basis based on one or more of order price, order time, order size, and/or pro-rata.
294. The method of claim 292, wherein the one or more orders comprise new orders, order amendments and order cancellations.
296. The method of claim 295, wherein the one or more orders comprise new orders, order amendments and order cancellations.
299. The method of claim 297, wherein the one or more orders comprise new orders, order amendments and order cancellations.
300. The method as in any one of claims 1 to 280, wherein the one or more orders comprise new orders, order amendments and order cancellations.
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August 8, 2023
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